Mercedes-Benz increased its sales double-digit to a new record in October and delivered 173,096 vehicles (+ 11.5%).
In Europe and Asia-Pacific, the Stuttgart-based company achieved the so far highest sales in October. In the largest single market in China, Mercedes-Benz already exceeded the previous year's total sales last month. In addition, more than 5 million compact cars have been sold since their market launch.
In October, sales rose by 11.5% to 173,096 units; Since the beginning of the year, 1,711,017 vehicles have already been sold to customers (+ 11.7%). As a result, the Stuttgart-based company achieved a new record with the star, both in October and October. Last month, Mercedes-Benz was the market leader among the premium manufacturers in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan and the USA.
Sales of Mercedes-Benz by region and market
Last month sales in Europe rose to 71,635 units, an increase of 9.6% and a new peak in October. On the home market of Germany, some 24,000 vehicles were delivered to the customer with the star. Mercedes-Benz achieved particularly strong growth of more than 20% at the beginning of the fourth quarter in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland.
In October, sales of 63,771 vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and a plus of 23.8% were significantly higher than the best October sales seen in the previous year. In the largest single market in China, the high demand for vehicles with the star from January to October led to a rise in sales to 387,015 units (+ 29.3%). As a result, Mercedes-Benz already exceeded the previous year's total sales in the
middle of last month.
In the NAFTA region, 32,906 customers received their new vehicle with the star in October. In the United States, Mercedes-Benz sales were 28,659 units. In Mexico, demand rose to a new record - never before had there been so many Mercedes-Benz vehicles handed over to customers in October as this year.
Mercedes-Benz sales according to models
Since the beginning of the year, more than half a million A- or B-Classes, CLA, CLA Shooting Brake or GLA have been delivered to customers worldwide (529,127 units, + 10.8%). Never before has the demand for these models been higher from January to October. With the launch of the A-Class in 1997, the success story of the Mercedes-Benz compact cars began. Since then, more than 5 million customers have been able to receive their compact car.
Last year, 25,136 units of the saloon and the T-model were sold worldwide (+ 34.6%). The new E-Class T model has been successfully launched in October in its Europe-region.
The S-Class sedan from Mercedes-Benz has been the world's best-selling luxury limousine since the beginning of the year. The flagship of Mercedes-Benz was asked last month mainly in China.
smart
The smart brand delivered 11,510 vehicles to customers worldwide in October (+ 9.4%). The smart fortwo and forfour in China were especially popular; Where last month sales were more than doubled and a new peak value was recorded in October
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